SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- RECOVERY- Development and Launch of an Interoperable and Curated Nanomaterial Registry
- Notice Date
- 7/16/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Rockledge Dr. Bethesda, MD, Office of Acquisitions, 6701 Rockledge Dr RKL2/6100 MSC 7902, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-7902
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7902
- Solicitation Number
- HHS-NIH-NHLBI-PB-(EB)-SBSS-2009-206-TK
- Archive Date
- 8/11/2009
- Point of Contact
- Tara Knox, Phone: 301-402-0834, Lynn M Furtaw, Phone: 301-435-0357
- E-Mail Address
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tk86u@nih.gov, lynn.furtaw@nih.gov
(tk86u@nih.gov, lynn.furtaw@nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RECOVERY – The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is conducting a market survey to determine the availability and technical capability of small business organizations to perform this requirement. The applicable NAICS code is 541690 and the size standard is 500 employees. Sources are sought that possess the capability to design, develop, maintain, operate, and upgrade a web-based science driven nanomaterial registry and the application for more accurate and comprehensive information on the effects of nanomaterials on the environment and human health. Sufficient and accurate characterization of the physicochemical properties of engineered nanomaterials and their interactions with biological systems are fundamental requirements for successful material or device design, and also for understanding and managing the lifecycle risks posed by nanomaterials to the environment, human health and safety. Once the registry is established, minimal information about nanomaterials for biological applications from existing databases will be curated and captured in the registry. This synopsis has been prepared to test the marketplace and determine if it is feasible to conduct this acquisition as a small business set-aside. The work to be performed is a new requirement. The contract is anticipated to be awarded on November 30, 2009 for a period of three years with three option years. The purpose of this program is to establish an authoritative nanomaterial registry, whose primary function is to provide consistent and authoritative information on the biological and environmental interactions of well-characterized nanomaterials, as well as links to associated publications, modeling tools, computational results and manufacturing guidances. It will provide curated data source and assessment information on the health and environmental effects of well-characterized nanomaterials. A set of minimal information about nanomaterials (MIAN), ontology, and standards will be developed through a community effort with broad representation to establish the authoritativeness of the registry. Data evaluation criteria, the curation process, and the level of compliance will be established based on the MIAN, ontology, and standards to guide the curation and evaluate the data collected in the registry. The intended users of the registry are researchers who develop, characterize or utilize nanomaterials for biological, medical and environmental applications. The established nanomaterial registry will benefit users by providing a mechanism to find all types of data and information about a particular nanomaterial of interest. The nanomaterial registry will provide a mechanism to allow interoperability among databases. The potential contractor must provide a wide range domain expertise in nanomaterial sciences and technology, research experience, and publication record. Services include: 1) demonstrated research experience, publication, and understanding of the importance of characterization parameters on nanomaterial-biological interactions and determining the capacity of biological assessment platforms to provide knowledge on the biological activity and toxic potential of nanomaterials; 2) provide a single, authoritative source that links evaluated data for a particular nanomaterial or class of nanomaterials, from existing public databases; 3) facilitate the efficient search, query, and reporting of the data; 4) make it easy to compare physicochemical data, biological function, environmental fate, in vivo characterization information, and safety and toxicology data, etc. across different laboratories and data sources; 5) facilitate the validation of data and improvement of data quality; 6) facilitate the translation of new nanomaterials for biomedical and environmental applications; 7) facilitate the development of new models, standards, assays and manufacturing methods; 8) provide a forum to engage the community in promoting standards, consistent information, and reliable information for regulatory decisions; 9) be able to organize the nanomaterials research community and foster consensus in the community regarding standards, MIAN and ontology; and 10) registry must collect and provide the following: a description of the curation process, including data evaluation criteria, consistent with the MIAN and Ontology, a metric on the quality or degree of characterization of the curated data, a metric that qualifies the level of equivalence between nanomaterials and/or properties across disparate databases, the curated MIAN. The areas of the MIAN include, but are not limited to: physicochemical properties; mechanical properties, biological response; toxicology; environmental safety; health risks (structure-function relationships, processes, protocols, and assays, impurities, and prevailing or applicable standards). Small business firms that have experience in performing the tasks described above are invited to submit capability statements. Capability statements will be evaluated on the following: 1) evidence of the firm’s status as a small business under NAICS code 541690 with a size standard of 500 employees; 2) evidence of ability to perform and experience in performing the tasks described above; 3) qualifications and availability of personnel with experience in demonstrated expertise and nanoscience and nanomaterials interaction with biological systems (environment and human health); 4) demonstrated expertise in design, develop, maintain, operate, and upgrade of a web-based registry; 5) domain expertise including data evaluation criteria, the curation process, evaluation of the data collected in the registry, and 6) availability and adequacy of the firm’s facility, equipment, and software to accomplish the project requirements. Three (3) copies of the capability statement must be received at the address shown below by 3:30 pm local time on the ten (10th) calendar day from the date of this announcement. Tara Knox, Contracting Officer, Office of Acquisitions, DERA National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, DHHS 6701 Rockledge Drive, Rockledge II, Room 6136A, MSC 7902 Bethesda, MD 20892-7902 For overnight deliveries use zip code 20817, no MSC is required. Capability statements may also be emailed to knoxt@mail.nih.gov. Include the name and telephone number of a point of contact and please reference this notice number. Capability statements received in response to this market survey that do not provide sufficient information for evaluation will not be considered. This is NOT a Request for Proposals (RFP).
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